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Cervical Spine Anatomy General Vertebral Anatomy Body Vertebral Arch Pedicles Laminae Vertebral Foramen Spinous Process Facets Superior Articulating Surface Inferior Articulating Surface Transverse Process Intervertebral Foramen Distinguishing Features of Cervical Vertebrae Transverse foramina C1 transverse process Spinous Processes C6 and C7 C3-C6 = bifurcate None for C1 Articulating Facets Atlas 1st Cervical Vertabrae Lack of Body Superior Articular Foveae Inferior Articulating Foveae Fovea Dentis Axis C2 Dens Rotation between skull and atlas C7 Body Spinous process Transverse Foramina Anterior element Articulations within cervical region Lateral Atlantoaxial Joints Superior facets and inferior facets of atlas Flat and in transverse plance Rotation Side toward rotation Side away from rotation Median Atlantoaxial Joints Dens of axis and anterior arch of atlas Tectorial membrane Cruciform ligament Articulations within cervical spine Body-to-body articulation Fibrocartilagenous Intervertebral Disk Annulus fibrosis Nucleus pulposis Articulations within cervical spine Cervical facet joints Parallel to frontal plane 45 degrees to transverse plane Rotation Ligaments within cervical spine Ligamentum Nuchae Interspinous Ligament Ligamentum Flava Posterior Atlantooccipital membrane Intertransverse Ligament Curvature of cervical spine Lordotic Curve Cervical spine movement Flexion/Extension Atlanto-occipital Rotation Atlanto-axial joint Brachial Plexus Nerve Roots C5,6,7,8,T1 Trunks Upper Middle Lower Divisions Anterior Posterior Cords Lateral Posterior Medial Brachial Plexus Throat Anatomy 1. Thyroid gland 2. Trachea 3. Brachiocephalic artery 4. Common carotid artery 5. Internal jugular vein 6. Superior vena cava